你做出過哪些改變一生的決定

I had just opened my eyes and felt the urge to pee. I noticed my then pregnant girlfriend wasn't in bed with me. I was still exhausted. Should I get up and pee and risk not being able to fall back asleep or should I sleep in discomfort? I decided to go pee.

我剛睜開眼睛就感覺尿急，然後我發現當時懷孕的妻子沒睡在身邊。我還很困，是該冒着不能再睡回籠覺的風險起牀去小便還是該憋着尿睡覺？我決定還是去小便吧。

I slowly made my way to the bathroom door. The bathroom door was shut. I opened the door and walked in without looking up. I faintly hear "Nic I need help." I look up and there is blood everywhere. My girlfriend was sitting on the toilet. "Oh my god, she's miscarrying" I muttered to myself. My girlfriend was too weak to stand up. I called her grandparents to come get us. I knew the ambulance would take 30+ minutes to get there.

我慢慢走到衛生間門那兒，門關着，我打開門頭都沒擡就走進去了，恍惚聽到“Nic，我需要幫助。”我擡頭一看，到處都是血，我女朋友坐在座便上。“哦天啊，她要流產了”，我嘀咕着。她太虛弱都站不起來了，我打電話叫她祖父母來接我們，我知道救護車得30多分鐘才能到。

It was about 4 weeks before the due date. We rushed to the emergency room. The doctor told us that everything was okay but the baby was definitely coming. He said that had we not got there as soon as we did my daughter would've died for sure.

比預產期提前了大約4周，我們匆忙趕到急診室，醫生說一切都好，寶寶要降生了。他說要不是我們及時趕到，女兒一定保不住了。

Basically my split second decision to pee that morning kept my girlfriend from miscarrying our baby. Here is a picture of the first time I held my baby:

總之就是我那天早上去小便的瞬間決定讓我的女朋友沒有流產。下面就是我第一次抱着寶寶的照片：

Last year, on 31st December, I met with a major accident. This accident totally changed the way I used to look at things in my life. Like every day, it was time for my office for which I used to go on a two wheeler vehicle. And that day I was not in the mood to wear the helmet. It's very common to ride a two wheeler in India. And one of the important things that most of the Indians are ignorant or irresponsible about is wearing a helmet. And it was a pain for me too to wear a helmet every single day.

去年12月31日，我經歷了一場嚴重事故，這場事故完全改變了我過去看待生活的方式。像往常一樣到上班時間了，過去我都是騎摩托車去。那天我不想戴頭盔，在印度騎摩托車很常見，但大多數印度人會忽略或做得不負責任的一件重要的事就是戴頭盔。對我來說每天都戴頭盔也是一種痛苦。

So I was riding the vehicle at an average speed of 30-40 mph when I thought to go ahead of a scooter being slowly ridden (on the left end of the lane) by a middle-aged man in parallel. The only problem here was the wrong timing. The man without any hint or even looking at the back to check if any vehicle was approaching, indicated with his hand and immediately took a right turn to cross the street.

我想超過一輛騎得慢吞吞的摩托車時時速是30-40 mph，那輛車是一箇中年人騎的，和我並排在車道的左邊，唯一的問題就是我選錯超車時間了。那個男人沒有任何暗示，甚至都沒看看後面是否有車靠近，打個手勢立刻就要右轉過馬路。

Unfortunately, just a second or two before this I had speed up my vehicle to overtake the man. 3 seconds after, I knew our vehicles would bang as we were in a close distance. In the very next moment, we along with our vehicles skidded for some distance. I got hit on the road directly on my back. It was a terrible jerk and the suddenly developed pain gave me a serious nauseating feeling. But for that moment I could only think about two things. "What would have happened if I hadn't worn a helmet today?" "Was the other person alright?" Thankfully, the man was alright as he too was wearing the helmet.

不幸的是一兩秒鐘之前我剛加速要超過他，3秒鐘之後，我意識到我們距離很近車會撞上，下一刻我們和車都摔出去很遠，我後背直接摔在地上，強烈的撞擊和瞬間傳遍全身的疼痛讓我感覺很噁心。但那一刻我只想到了兩件事，“我今天要是沒戴頭盔會怎樣？”“那個人還好嗎？”謝天謝地那個人還好因爲他也戴着頭盔。

That split second decision of wearing the helmet changed my entire life, and turned this major accident into a minor one. I really thank God and myself for the decision I made that day. After this incident, I promised myself I will always wear a helmet in any condition. This idea may seem trivial to many of us, but it saved my life and the biggest of all, it made me realise how important small acts can turn out to be! I have learned to be extra careful.

戴頭盔的瞬間決定改變了我的一生，並且讓我轉危爲安，我真的要爲那天所做的決定感謝上帝和我自己。那件事以後，我對自己保證以後在任何情況下都要戴頭盔。這個想法可能對很多人來說微不足道，但它挽救了我的生命，而且最重要的是，它使我意識到小的行爲會有多大意義。我學會了要格外小心。